Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus

The Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus (CMPC) was a North Caucasian militant group which was active from 1989 to 2000. It was established in Sukhumi, Abkhazia on 26 August 1989, and it formed the "Mountain Republic" on 14 October 1990. 16 Caucasian nations joined the confederation, which rallied 1,500 militants from the North Caucasian republics (primarily from Chechnya) to defend Abhkazia against the Republic of Georgia during the Georgian Civil War. The CMPC was responsible for the ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Sukhumi, but, following the Abkhazian war, the CMPC went through infighting between its pro- and anti-Kremlin factions. In 1994, the organization was revived during the First Chechen War, blocking the Russian forces from advancing on Grozny. It became completely inactive after the assassination of Yusup Soslambekov in 2000.